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The word “Buddha” is translated as “awakened one”. Being the fourth most dominant religion in the world practices the significance of balancing self desire with Like many religions, there is always a significant way to distinguish this religion aside from other religions. Buddhism teaches other individuals how to achieve self enlightenment and inner peace. There is also a theme in Buddhism that nothing the human condition is permanent or lasts forever. This idea is called, “Impermanence”. In Buddhist practices, there is no particular God or Gods that are being worshiped such as Christianity worshipping God, or polythestic religions worshipping Gods and Goddesses representing nature or an element such as the ancient Hawaiians. Similar to those who may hold significant positions in the Christian practicing religion, Buddhist monks or “priests” also practice on the same level of The Eastern religious philosophy of Buddhism also practices the whole idea of finding enlightenment within one self. In other words, Buddhism serves to find the “golden mean” based on one’s abilities and finding inner peace. Through the act of finding inner peace, many Buddhist practice through meditation. Through meditation, the person practices by crossing their legs in criss cross then by closing their eyes and slowly breathing in and out. The act of meditation allows for the mind and body to be present. This act allows people to practice in training the mind, training the mind, and by freeing the mind. With the palms facing up, energy is psychologically leaned towards achieving a positive lift in one’s soul. By facing the palms up rather than down allows the individual to feel uplifted and to highlight the positive changes in one’s life regardless of the outcome.

The life of the Buddha was a series of events that have otherwise been a spiritual calling from the beginning. A man named Siddhartha Gautama was born on April 8, 563 BC, present day Nepal, into a Noble family, where h; being served by slaves, and having duties carried out by peasants. He was originally destined to become the next King to lavishing in a life full of royalty as his father lavished him and made sure that he was happy and emotionally, mentally, and spiritually sufficient from luxurious robes to food, to even ordinary pleasures. The primary finding was that because he was kept in the palace, he was closed off from everything and lived a life where he did not experience “suffering” but a young life full of desires fulfilled. One day, he and his stagecoach set off for a walk and stumbled upon three different people. The first person was sick, the second person was old, and the third was a corpse. And so The Buddha questioned his stagecoach about these sightings, and answered, “You will one day exprience these as they are unavoidable in the human condition.” After a long quest to find the solution to how to live a life of avoiding these sufferings, at last, at the dying age of 80 years old, his final words were, “All things are impermanent. Strive on with awareness.” (Clack and Hower pg. 81). Impermanence in the human condition is inevitable.

The Four Noble Truths also otherwise known as Dukkha breaks down the significant three claims based on Buddha’s teachings. These claims are defined as the truth towards suffering, the truth of the cause of suffering, truth of the end of suffering, and the truth of the path that leads to suffering. In the Noble eightfold path, there is a chart that specifically states the right paths towards a philosophical concept. Overall, as desire brings suffering, it is one of the number one claims that Buddhists aspire to practice to achieve. The whole idea of letting go and not indulging into the most common things that most humans may consider such as excessive food, luxurious items such as searching the Right Intention, the Right Speech, the Right Action, Right livelihood, Right Effort, and Right mindfulness, and Right Concentration. To define, the first eightfold factor of Right View is defined as “The belief that there is an afterlife and not everything ends with death”. To analyze this concept, this concept reaches out towards everything in life regardless of human or not. The second factor of Right Intention is defined as “Giving up home and adopting the life of a religious mendicant in order to follow the path and into an environment of non-sexuality.” This act is very similar among Christian practices as priests and nuns would also engage in non-sexual acts as they are fully devoted to their religious practice. In the third eightfold factor, which is “No lying, no rude speech, no telling one person what another says about him”. This path is basically stating that gossiping is wrong, and that it can have serious consequences and also affect others. The eightfold path of action of Right Action states, “No killing or injuring, no taking what is given, and no sexual acts in a monastic pursuit.” This again is very similar to the Christian way of priests and nuns stating that they can’t engage in anything sexual because they would be offending God. In the Right livelihood, Monks can only eat only a certain amount of food meeting the right balance and not being too under or over their desired nutrient source of feeding. In the Right Effort, “there was a Guard against sensual thoughts which can lead to distraction.” This is crucial because then having the most inappropriate or even the most common thoughts can lead to the wrong mindset. The Right Mindfulness, states that one “can never be absent minded” or conscious of what one is doing. This can lead further away from the whole goal of accomplishing impermanence or the idea that we have to be in the present. Lastly, the Right Concentration states, “Correct meditation or concentration is important”. Again this would go along with the previous path of meditation or making sure that your mentality is in the present while you are focusing on meditation.

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1. ^ Clack, Brian R. Philosophy and the Human Condition: an Anthology. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018), 81.

2. ^ History.com Editors. “Buddhism.” History.com. A&E Television Networks, October 12, 2017. https://www.history.com/topics/religion/buddhism.

3. ^ Fronsdal, Gill. “Mindfulness Meditation as a Buddhist Practice.” Insight Meditation Center, February 2006. https://www.insightmeditationcenter.org/books-articles/mindfulness-meditation-as-a-buddhist-practice/.

4. ^ Buddhist Center, Glasgow. “Noble Eightfold Path: The Buddhist Centre.” Noble Eightfold Path | The Buddhist Centre. Accessed May 9, 2020. https://thebuddhistcentre.com/text/noble-eightfold-path.